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Your Condensed Guide for Working a Room By Dr. Oscar

Working a room...if only it could be fun...or at least guaranteed productive. I am referring to that mandatory event that requires us to mix and mingle, to meet and greet.

Command performance events like a cocktail party, a business dinner, or a charity event can feel stiff and uncomfortable. Very few people actually enjoy walking into a room full of strangers.

So why put yourself through that torture? Well for one thing, Nathan Keyfitz, professor of sociology at Harvard observes, "Social skills will be of even greater importance for economic success in future. The most successful people will be those who can communicate and connect best."

Put another way, it's free advertising, and you control entire message. Is it sometimes uncomfortable? Absolutely, but upside is huge. The more you put yourself in networking situations, easier it becomes and greater professional, social, and personal benefits.

Here is a condensed guide for working a room:

Approach every networking opportunity with attitude that it is going to be fun. While no single event is guaranteed to change your life, any single event could. Remember, success is measured by percentages, not perfection. Who isn't attracted to someone who is smiling, laughing, and enjoying him or herself!

Writing an Objective

A growing trend in new resumes is to give short shrift to or eliminate "objective" heading altogether. Here are some compelling reasons to include this very important career statement in your resume and a top-10 tips list for writing a memorable one.

Seizing an opportunity to submit as many applications as possible, some job applicants are omitting traditional objective statement element within their resumes. Rewriting objectives to accommodate every possibility seems challenging, while including over-generalized statements seems to do more harm than good. Nevertheless, when one considers real purpose of an objective, inclusion of it appears to be mandatory.

Whether written as "Career Goal", "Objective", or "Position Desired", time honored first statement is still worthy of its place in a successful resume. When a cover letter cannot be submitted, objective statement may be job seeker's only chance to introduce himself. Traditionally, objective statement has served two purposes. The first obvious purpose is to state clearly for record, what type of position an applicant desires. Second, this introductory sentence suggests to potential employer what type of skill set or qualifications applicant has. A third purpose for an announced career goal, one that is frequently misunderstood or under utilized all together, is implied employer benefits, or "what's in it for my company" angle.

Stating your career objective should include a real job title whenever possible. Sentences that skirt concrete job names, such as, "...seeking a position in marketing...", suggests two things to reader; one, applicant has no idea about what types of jobs may be available in marketing and two, applicant is desperate, and willing to take any job. Eagerness is good. Desperation is fatal.

Defining position desired is much more effective when company's own job titles are used, such as, "...seeking a Sales Management position..." or "...pursuing an entry-level Public Relations Specialist position...". If you are responding to an advertisement that you have seen, use terminology in ad, otherwise, do a little digging. A business's website can be very helpful for locating job title information specific to company with which you want to apply. Admittedly, it takes a little more effort to customize and rewrite each objective to match a potential employer's need, but benefits will outweigh time spent.

Capturing your qualifications in a one or two sentence resume objective can be a challenge, but by using identified job title combined with a descriptive term such as, "experienced" or "certified", challenge is easily met. Think about your skill set in broad terms. Are your employment skills developed in areas of administration? In sales? Perhaps you have been employed as a carpenter. Are you skilled in cabinet making or exterior framing? Identifying your general abilities will give you some good leading sentences for your career objective, even in cases where you are looking to change careers. Consider following examples: